"Sharp, quirky, and occasionally nettlesome", Walking the Berkshires is my personal blog, an eclectic weaving of human narrative, natural history, and other personal passions with the Berkshire and Litchfield Hills as both its backdrop and point of departure. I am interested in how land and people, past and present manifest in the broader landscape and social fabric of our communities. The opinions I express here are mine alone. Never had ads, never will.

October 13, 2008

Halcyon Days

This was the sort of weekend that everyone imagines is typical of Fall weather in New England, but the combination of color, clarity, and Columbis Day was really like hitting the Trifecta. Everyone, even the locals, felt the urge to get out on country lanes or up into the mountains to soak in the sights. Here are a few images from Sunday in Mt. Washington, MA.

We have autumn here in Chicago, short-lived as it is, but I miss the rolling hills of my home back in New York! I will be in the Hudson Valley in less than two weeks but I fear that the leaves will have all fallen by then.